Ombrophobe or ombrophobous/ombrophobic plant (from

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ὄμβρος - ''ombros'', "storm of rain" and φόβος - ''phobos'', "

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") is a

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that cannot withstand much

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. A similar term are

xerophile A xerophile () is an extremophilic organism that can grow and reproduce in conditions with a low availability of water, also known as water activity. Physics Water activity, a thermodynamical value denoted , is defined as the partial water vapo ...

and

xerophyte A xerophyte () is a species of plant that has adaptations to survive in an environment with little liquid water. Examples of xerophytes include cacti, pineapple and some gymnosperm plants. The morphology and physiology of xerophytes are adapted to ...

. Ombrophile or ombrophilous/ombrophilic plant is a plant that thrives in abundant amounts of rain. The terms were introduced by the 19th-century botanist

Julius Wiesner Julius Ritter von Wiesner (20 January 1838 – 9 October 1916) was a professor of botany at the University of Vienna, a pioneer of experimental botany and a specialist in the physiology and anatomy of plants. He was awarded hereditary knighth ...

, who identified the two extreme kinds of plants, ombrophobes and ombrophiles. Xerophytes are usually ombrophobous.Eugenius Warming
Oecology of Plants; An Introduction to the Study of Plant-Communities
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